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Michigan turkeys, now well established, originated from a flock of semi-domestic hens

Turkeys for awhile were considered more of a tourist attraction or an anomaly in Michigan than a game bird. It wasn’t until the 1980s that the DNR joined a growing movement to establish statewide, huntable turkey populations. (Stock photo courtesy of the NWTF)

There’s a good chance that the longbeard you level your sights on this spring isn’t completely wild.
Just ask Al Stewart. Michigan’s wild turkey population – or quasi wild, depending upon purity standards – evolved from a mismatch of genetic strains that was proven worthy of resurrecting the native species and even expanding its historic range.

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